GESE 8 Public Figures Lesson Plan
Here is a GESE 8 Public Figures lesson plan for you to try out with your students. It covers about 3 hours of class time (depending on class size and the time you spend on each part) and includes a reading text, a writing question and discussion topics. It can be used in conjunction with the GESE 8 Public Figures vocabulary and conversation questions to provide you with a whole unit of work!
The Lesson Plan
The lesson plan is built around a reading text about the most influential people in the UK. The lesson starts with a discussion/quiz about famous public figures in Britain and then the students read a text about the Debrett’s 500 list of influential people. For those students who are working towards ISE II, the reading questions are the same as those on the ISE II long reading text (match paragraphs, find true statements and complete the sentences with words from the text). However, if your students are just studying for GESE 8, the questions are still useful as they check comprehension before the next discussion stage.
After reading the text, the students have to talk about influential people in their own country, and there is some helpful language to help them do this. There is then a writing prompt with a sample answer that they analyse to help them write their own answer. This is similar to a Task 4 extended writing question from the ISE II exam. Again, good practice for GESE students as they have time to use the vocabulary and form their ideas which will help with speaking skills too.
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